Antiskidding device



A ril 6 1926, 1,519,432

. W. E. BECK ANTI SKIDDING DEVICE Filed June 16, 1925 Patented Apr. 6 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. BECK, or HEBRIGK, ILLINOIS.

. ANTI'SKIDDING- nnvren.

Application filed June is, 1925. Serial no. 37,547.

- To aZZ whom it may concern:

V ticularly Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. BEQK, a citizen of the United States,res1ding at Herrick, in the county of Shelby and State ofllliiiois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antiskidding Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

ments in anti-skidding devices for use in connection with the wheels of automobiles or other vehicles and has relation more par,- toa device of this'general character including side chains or members,,and

. it is an object of the invention to provide the wheel and wherein the extremities are means whereby each. of the side chains may be readily andcifectively applied in working position.

. Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character whichfis adapted to be disposed circumferentially of provided with means for locking the device in applied'position, said means permit ting the desired adjustment to facilitate the proper application of the device and avoiding loose ends.

The invention consists in the details of. construction and 111 thecombination and arrangement of the several partsof my improved anti-skidding device whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advan tageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. Y

The novel features of my. invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed. In order that my invention may bethe better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the ac-.

, This invention relates to certain improve- Figure 4: is a view in As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, the side chains 1 may be of any or- .dinary or preferred construction and which,

when the'device is applied, extend circumferentially around the wheel at opposite sides thereof in a well known manner. The side chains-1, at predetermined points, are connected to the cross chains'2 which, when the device is applied, overlie or extend across theptread ofthe wheel ormore parti'cularly thetire carried by said wheel.

An end portion of each of the side chains has operatively :engaged'tlierewith a relaperspective of the hook-member as herein disclosed. 7 i

tivelyularge eye memberor -ring 3, the interior diameter of" said member or ring 3 being such to permit the ready insertion 'thcretlirough of a 1000K member H opera- 'tively engaged with the opposite end of said The hook meml ber Hjis substantially S-shaped in form and side member or chain 1.

has one end portion formed into an eye 4: to PTOVldG means whereby said hook member may be operatively engaged with aside portion of the hook inemberl'l is provided with a cross head 5 of a length greater than the interior transverse diameter of a link -member or chain. The opposite or outer en'd 6 comprised in the, side member orchain 1 butreadily permitting said end portion of the hook to be inserted through a link 6;

when the head 5 is extended in a direction lengthwise of such link. It is also to be noted that the end cross member 2 adjacent to the .hooks H is spaced inwardly therefroma considerable distance sothat an effective adjustment of the device may be; had

to assure its proper application to a wheel- After the device has been disposed circ imferentiallyof the wheel or moreparticularly. the tire thereof, the hookmembers H are threaded through the eye members or rings 3 and said end portions of the side chains or members 1 are returned upon themselves and the free end portions of the hook members H engaged or; interlocked with the requisite links 6 of the sidemembers or chains. By this means,fa'n-eifective placement ofthe device is assured and at the same time eliminating loose ends which would'otherwise have a tendency to I V knock or .to require the use of wire or the like to hold the saine'from flapping.

' .lVith the use of my improved device the same can be readily appliedby engaging an end portion thereof with the wheel and then starting the motor thereby permitting the requisite application of the dewce with the wheel in a mud hole, sand and the like.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that an anti-skidding device constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as herinafter claimed.

I claim 1. In combination with a link chain, a hook member substantially permanently secured to said chain, the outer end of the hook member having a transversely disposed cross head, said cross head being also disposed transversely of the link chain when hook member having a transversely disposed cross head, said cross head being also disposed transversely of the link chain when strain is imposed upon the chain and hook member, said cross head being of a length greater than the interior transverse diameter of a link in the chain but readily insertable therethrough when the head is disposed lcngthwise of said link, said hook member being substantially S-snaped in form with its inner end formed into an eye to interlock with a second link of the chain.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature.

WILLIAM E. BECK. 

